Free With Purchase Scrapbooking Goodies, Layout Love and A Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

I hope this day finds you well.  There is so much going on in our world that scrapbooking seems to be so trivial.  However, it is a great source for distraction and it's also an excellent way to document what is going on.  Let The Cherry help you through it.

We've got more circus inspired templates in the shop along with a great deal. When you buy both packs, you'll now get the entire kit for free.  That's a lot of fun goodies and beautiful, texture rich papers for nothing.  Enjoy the deal and scrap happy with The Cherry.

I've got page inspiration and an update on some of our most recent freebies as well as a look at tomorrow's freebie.  Find out how you can also get an entire kitchen kit for free and join us in some fun and games over in our group.

That's right!  Buy both packs of templates and get the kit for free.

Here's my page with one of the new templates.  If you don't like the jester's hat, you can always delete it and still have a pretty template to work with.

The Circus Of Life Templates and coordinating kit.

It is most obvious that my team favored this template above all of the others.  You can see it as many things.  I saw it as a ring of fire.  It could also be the sun or a flower or whatever you want it to be.  I'll say it again, templates are here to get you started.  To give you a basis.  Change them up however you like so they fit your needs.

The Circus Of Life Templates and coordinating kit 

The Circus Of Life Templates

The Circus Of Life Templates

Also new in the shop this week, for the Survivor game at GingerScraps, are my Master Chef templates.  They are really fun to play with.  Just look at all of the pretty pages from myself and my awesome team.

Master Chef Templates

Master Chef Templates and our Free What's Cook'n Kit

Master Chef Templates and Baker's Dozen from Aimee Harrison

Master Chef Templates and our free kit, What's Cook'n

Master Chef Templates and Shmooangel

Master Chef Templates  and goodies from the Sweet Shoppe

Master Chef Templates and retired goodies

Master Chef Templates and goodies from Kirstin Aagard

Master Chef Templates and goodies from the Sweet Shoppe

Master Chef Templates and kit from Pat's Scrap

Master Chef Templates and GingerBread goodies

Master Chef Templates

Master Chef Templates and designs from TraceyB

Master Chef Templates a mix of stash

Master Chef Templates more mixing

Such a great variety of how you can play with Master Chef.

They go great with our freebie in the group.  The fans are working together to unlock free mini kits every other day.  Come on over and join us. We're talking food all the while and sharing recipes.

Healthy eating might be more important than you realize.  Boosting your immunity now and learning which things that can really make us ill is essential.  If you've got time, read and learn how to eat well so you and your loved ones can be well, too.  I highly recommend the book, The Great Cholesterol Myth.  Not just for cholesterol, but health in general. It was a real eye opener and written by a few of the finest experts.

The first thing we all need to realize is, you are worth the effort.  I watch people put so much dedication and hard work into their jobs, their homes, their relationships, but not into themselves.  Think how you and others will benefit if you are in top shape.  Also important, it's never too late.  You might be very surprised how quickly you can get well through a proper diet and avoiding foods that make you ill. I thought I understood what eating healthy was, but I was very wrong.

I totally recommend trying all kinds of diets to find the one that is right for you. We're all different and respond differently to various food.  Just keep an open mind to all of it.

I'll be back next week with foods that you definitely should stay away from and more tips.  I was gobsmacked when I found out the hard way, just how terribly food and particular ingredients can make us so sick.

Can you believe we are giving all of this away?

Tomorrow, I'll have this free recipe card on the blog.  I left it blank so you can fix it however you want.

This will be free on tomorrow's blog.

Here are few other recent freebies.

Grab last week's freebie!

Yip!  This is free, too!

This is also free!

Thanks so much for giving The Cherry a little part of your day.  I sure hope we made it a bit brighter. I wish you health and safety and as always, happy scrapping.

Sassy Scrapbooking and Hybrid Hip with The Cherry On Top

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

We're here again this week with more beautiful page inspiration, new products around DigiLand, a fun hybrid idea and a few fabulous freebies.

Yesterday, I blogged up my newest scrapbooking templates and coordinating kit, Clown'n Around.  In times of all of this seriousness, I needed some fun and to vent off a bit of this anxiety.  Scrapbooking is excellent therapy.  I had to look through funny pictures and that's always fun.  Then having fun goodies to play with is a plus, too.

Clown'n N Around Scrapbooking Kit

This is just a quick look at what's new in my shop.  Yesterday's blog has a lot more page inspiration as well as tips, suggestions and a new freebie from yours truly.

Clown'N Around Templates

I went with a more grown up kind of circus appeal.  A bit melancholy maybe, dramatic definitely!  Get creative with The Cherry!

I've got three new pages with new goodies from the Sweet Shoppe.  They will certainly brighten your day and make you smile.

Like this one with my little guys being cheeky.  I have plenty pictures of sass in my stash.  Such fun vibrance is exactly what the doctor ordered.  I used my Good Times templates for this page.  It's a great pack of templates that I keep going back to because it provides a lot of super layers and they are very versatile.

Good Times Templates and Sassitude from Clever Monkey Graphics

Good Times grant hem at GingerScraps or my own Etsy shop.

I'm so glad these star or sun bursts are still so in style.  I used them in our new circus templates and on this other page I designed for Clever Monkey Graphics.  This picture, though?!  Just look at my little guy's faces!  They did not want to stop playing in the playground for a second so I could take a nice family picture!  Hehehe...

Pandamonium from Clever Monkey Graphics

Also new in the Sweet Shoppe is JoCee's, Spring In Bloom.  I paired it up with my, A New Start templates.  Seems most fitting, wouldn't you agree?  Such pretty, sweet, soft colors and I loved the goose and rabbits, too.  I took these pics last spring of some blooming trees on one of my walks with my dog.

A New Start Templates and JoCee Designs, Spring in Bloom

A New Start Templates

Look at this cute hybrid project from Tanya using Little Shark from Clever Monkey Graphics. You can have your very own custom cards made in a few minutes, digitally.  I've got several blogs dedicated to designing your very own cards.  Here's one and feel free to use the search and look for several more.  You'll find free ones on your search, too!

Here's a great freebie you can find in the Sweet Shoppe Chatter group on FB.

Free in the Sweet Shoppe Chatter group.

Here's another beyond fabulous free template you can find in the Sweet Shoppe when you go to the Free Samples section.  Load up your digital stash and get to know the designers there.

Free in the shoppe!

If you love free stuff, then you are in the right spot.  This is my newest freebie from yesterday's blog. It coordinates with a gorgeous new kit from LouCee Creations.  Find out more about that and grab the new freebie.  We put freebies on our FB page and in our FB group, nearly every single day AND I've got all kinds of free stuff in the group, too.  There is a Progressive Scrap where you get an entire year's worth of freebies when you participate and I'm starting something new next week with freebies, fun and games.  Don't miss out!  Join us over there and have some fun!

I found this freebie from another designer at GingerScraps.  It's even Commercial Use!  That's tough to find these days, so enjoy.

Thanks so much for hanging with The Cherry!  Stay healthy and stay safe!

Clown'N Around, Circus Inspired Digital Scrapbooking Kit and Templates from The Cherry On Top

Welcome to The Cherry On Top.

In these most serious of times it is essential that we take a step back and remember that a dose of humor is beneficial to our mental health.  If current times are giving you nothing to laugh about, then think back and remind yourself of the funny moments in your life.  Sometimes, it happens that things are so overwhelmingly...overwhelming that it takes a few moments to realize that it's actually pretty funny or even hilarious.

For example, I was showering and my two year old was running around the upstairs on the loose.  When I came out of the shower, I found him running around the hallways and bedrooms stamping poop everywhere.  He'd run back to his diaper, stamp all in the poop then run around leaving poopy foot prints everywhere and of course the walls were not to escape this fecal massacre!  Can you just imagine?!  There I stood all squeaky clean looking at the most disgusting sight I've ever seen in my life!  The incredulity struck first.  Then anger and then as time lapsed ever so slowly, the hilarity struck me.  I didn't even know where to start and I laughed and laughed and showed my kid how to clean up.

Pardon me for going a bit off topic, but it seems like a great introduction to what's new in the shop this week as well as a means to allow you to escape.  Run away to the three ring circus that is my life and forget your current worries if not just for a bit.

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

I designed two packs of circus themed templates.  The second will be out next week.  Many of my team said they didn't have circus goodies and we found there really were not too many out there.  I also found them all to be quite juvenile so I composed a more grown up kit full of really fabulous flowers and a dark, dramatic color palette with a touch of vintage and a warm, inviting gold accent.

Keep scrolling to see just what pretty pages you can design with our Clown'n Around kit and templates.

Clown'N Around Templates

You can go with a vintage feel, family fun vibe or macabre.  These would be a great starting point for some kind of mixed media design, too.  Get creative and have fun!

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

I want to walk you through my first page.  As you can see I pulled out only a few of the colors.  For one, my picture has a lot of the opposite colors in it.  A bit cringe, but I just had to use this picture so I pulled out the purple and yellow/gold from the picture and the same for the majority of my design.  Black goes with just about everything so I was ok there, too.  This way my photo doesn't stick out all that much.

I added some puffy styles to my wagon and customized the banner.  One huge cluster to show off all of the gorgeous flowers and greenery, a grunge edge, also included in the kit and a touch of scatter.  Not all that much really, right?  The star bust paper seems most fitting for the theme.

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

I've always been a sucker for star or sunburst styled templates and I've given you them as well as in the papers in the kit.  There are so many layers on the papers.  Take a good look!  They are texture rich and I've included a lot of the colors from the kit in them.  As a CT myself, I think these kinds of papers are essential in a kit.  It helps bring everything together.

For my page above, I even added an extra stroke in my sunburst template for more cohesion.  A stroke is sometimes all you need to help bring your page together.  That's the little guy who covered the second floor in his poop.

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

As you can see, I've no circus pictures.  I'm not a fan of the circus for so many reasons. Besides, our life provides more than enough entertainment.  I went very experimental with this kit.  Trying my hand at all kinds of new techniques.  The clown is pretty much all mine as is the tent and the wagon.

Clown'N Around Templates and Tea With Alice from LouCee

I couldn't resist a chance to work with Lou's kit, again.  Such great colors and nifty unique elements.  I did add an antique style to most of the layers.  I also took some texture, added the pretty gold over it and placed it over the top of my design for something different.  It gives it a neat, texture rich, aged feel.  I also put some paint over my background paper to make it all blend a bit more. Some dark shadows gives it an almost ominous feel.  Cool, eh? That's my lovely kitty, Pluisje.

Here are some pages from my awesome team.

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

If you look carefully at our pages, you'll see that most of them didn't mix the whimsical goodies with the realistic ones.  This isn't a rule by any means.  I tried mixing them and wasn't thrilled with the result, but you can pull it off.

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

Clown'N Around Kit and Templates

Use Apps to get some fun pics to scrap like Hilary and Ren did!

Clown'N Around Templates and Ooh La La Scraps

You certainly do not have to go dark and mysterious.  Just look at the bright side!

Clown'N Around Templates and goodies from the Sweet Shoppe

Clown'N Around Templates and 

Clown'N Around Templates

Clown'N Around Templates and a mix of goodies

There were such a great variety of usages with today's new products.  I'm sure there is something that fits you just perfectly.

Moving on to other new kits and collections from other designers.

Our gal Aimee has designed a collection that is close to my heart.  Our gorgeous planet!  It has a nice hippy, recycle, take care of the place which we live, keep it nice for future generations and appreciate the beauty that is still left.

As soon as I saw the globe, I knew what templates I needed.  Such great colors of earth's beauty.  I went a bit traditional with my page and just a touch of artsy by using Aimee's edges over and over again, just scaled back with each new introduction.  I got this pic from FB in one of the Mosel River groups I'm in.  There is an amazing photographer there.  This is actually taken right across the street from my place.

Happy Trails Templates and This World from Aimee Harrison

A favorite of mine!

Happy Trails Templates

Also new in the GingerScraps shop this week, is Spring Fever from LouCee Creations.  It's so, so pretty.  I bet you love the colors, too.  I took these pictures last week.  They are from my front, tiny garden.  They are from the original owners of the house.

Spring Fever from LouCee Creations

My next page is where your freebie comes from.  Thanks to Lou for allowing us to host it!

Spring Fever from LouCee Creations

Here is this week's new freebie.

A pretty free cluster for you from Lou and I!

If you are quarantined, then you might want to join the Survivor challenge going on at GingerScraps. It might help get your mind off of things and of course  it'll be fun.  I plan on doing a spin off on my blog and in the group.  There will be freebies, challenges all with a focus on healthy eating.  I'd love if you played along with us as well.  In typical Cherry fashion, there will be no deadlines and no stress.  Just laughs and fun.

Stay occupied with Sandy's Speed Scrap.  Never done one?  Make this your first!

Speed Scrap

This freebie is great in times of boredom.  Check out all of the freebies that might help you keep the kids busy.  Keeping them occupied will be good for ya both.

Keep'm Busy!

Thanks so much joining us at The Cherry.  We're back tomorrow with more fab freebies we found this week, new page inspiration and some hybrid loving.

Take care, be smart and think of others.  Some are very much in need.  many people don't have cars and getting to the shop is a big problem.  Reach out and help if you can.

I wish you health, happiness and many scrap-a-licious moments!